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  • British commander expects no clear Afghan victory: report 6 Oct 2008 15:07 GMT
    ... Afghan victory: report Afghanistan needs more than military action: defence minister Military action alone will ... and can be managed by the Afghan army," he told the newspaper. Carleton-Smith said his ... concludes insurgencies like this. Britain has 7,800 troops in Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led International Security ...

  • Suspected US missile kills 20 militants in Pakistan: officials 6 Oct 2008 15:07 GMT
    ... was no immediate confirmation from the Pakistani military or from the US-led coalition in Afghanistan. ... lying just inside Pakistan's territory after US troops came under fire in Afghanistan's Khost province. But the army said the incident happened in Afghanistan itself. ...

  • Thanks for a job well done 6 Oct 2008 14:59 GMT
    ... WATERVILLE -- Military police who have helped to stabilize western ... Police Company. A total of 37 Maine Army National Guard soldiers were detached to the ... "That's the only way to bring (the troops) home." On the stage, Collins sat next to ...

  • Dogs of War: The last contractor 6 Oct 2008 14:37 GMT
    ... as of July 1 approximately 147,400 U.S. troops deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo ... is no theater-wide plan, since May 2008 Army Logistics Civil Augmentation Program officials have been ... transferred from the contractor's records to a military unit's property book. However, officials from the ...

  • Do real bullets have a place in war games? 6 Oct 2008 14:32 GMT
    ... shot last week while re-creating a Civil War battle for a movie. (Oh wait. That ... events. In an e-mail last week to troops playing members of the Civil War-era 7th New ... weekend. A shooting demonstration from George Washington's army will be held Saturday in Williamsburg. I ...

  • NZ Defence contribution to the Balkans ends 6 Oct 2008 14:32 GMT
    ... Developing common communications operating procedures to enable military forces in the Asia Pacific region to ... sail, the airforce to fly and the army would struggle to take part in combat, ... first lady Laura Bush to New Zealand troops in Afghanistan last month was a huge logistical and ...

  • Egypt's top diplomat in Iraq; 11 die in U.S. raid 6 Oct 2008 14:29 GMT
    ... Washington prepares do draw down its 140,000 troops next year. U.S. and Iraqi officials are negotiating a ... 80 percent from early 2007 levels, U.S. military commanders warn that security gains are not ... Iraqis is worth nothing to the U.S. Army." Later in Mosul, gunmen opened fire on ...

  • Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway Review 6 Oct 2008 14:22 GMT
    ... Division throughout their trials and tribulations of war. Revealing the soldier’s deepest thoughts, fears, and ... push forward as your own one man army, BIA forces you to take a strategic ... In total, there are three types of troops you can control to get the job done. These ...

  • 22 killed in suspected LTTE suicide attack in Sri Lanka 6 Oct 2008 14:05 GMT
    ... least 27 people, including a former key army general Janaka Perera, his wife and a ... from being over run by the army troops. Perera, military sources said, was the apparent target of ...

  • Tiger suicide attack kills 22 in Sri Lanka: officials 6 Oct 2008 13:56 GMT
    ... of Anuradhapura came as the Sri Lankan military appeared on the verge of capturing the ... Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara. The blast killed retired army general Janaka Perera, the local head of ... chief said at the weekend that his troops were on the verge of capturing the northern rebel ...

  • Bronze Star awarded to Joplin man for service in Iraq 6 Oct 2008 13:54 GMT
    ... As the colonel pinned the medal onto his chest, ... the 203rd Engineer Battalion of the Missouri Army National Guard. “This means everything to me,” ... 2006. The Bronze Star is given to military personnel based on their entire body of work, ...

  • Taleban resilience 6 Oct 2008 13:50 GMT
    ... contribute 1,000 personnel years. So do 4,000 troops on operations for three months Deaths in Iraq and ... Iraq since the successful US surge. Senior military figures in both Britain and the US ... doubling the size of the Afghan National Army to 134,000 troops in four years' time ...

  • Suicide blast hits Sri Lanka town 6 Oct 2008 13:36 GMT
    ... a former senior general, according to the army. Maj Gen Janaka Perera, a controversial commander ... provincial councillors are among the dead, a military spokesman said. The attack comes as the ... The head of the army says his troops are within 2km (1.25 miles) of the Tigers' administrative ...

  • Op-Ed Contributors: Winning the Battle, Losing the Faith 6 Oct 2008 13:32 GMT
    ... lose the war. With more than 230 military deaths since January, this year is on ... brigades to Afghanistan - 8,000 to 16,000 troops. Although larger and more populous than Iraq, Afghanistan ... critical programs to advise the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police operate at one-third ...

  • 21 killed in LTTE suicide blast in Sri Lanka 6 Oct 2008 13:30 GMT
    ... of Anuradhapura came as the Sri Lankan military appeared on the verge of capturing the ... Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara. The blast killed retired Army General Janaka Perera, the local head of ... Chief said at the weekend that his troops were on the verge of capturing the northern rebel ...


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